One more for the year for SpaceX? We'll see! Last word, around the time of the SES-8 first attempt, was that they're aiming for December 20th. Given the week delay to SES-8, I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up around just after Christmas or first few weeks of 2014.

Thaicom-6 is now booked for January, partially due to the fact the Eastern Range will be under maintenance for a week starting on the 20th. However, the first and second stage as well as the satellite are all at CCAFS and are in processing.

For our European friends this may even happen as the New Year countdown goes.........

(and there has been NO, I repeat NO orbital launch attempts ever worldwide on December 31 UTC - the only day of the year to have such a record. January 1 has 1 - ironically a commercial Titan III from the Cape in 1990 (actually 7 minutes after the new year in Britain - 7:07 pm EST on 1989-12-31!)